Larry Marley

Larry Marley (1946-2 April 1987) was a Provisional IRA leader during The Troubles. He was murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1987 in retaliation for the murder of UVF leader John Bingham.

Biography
Larry Marley was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1946 to an Irish Catholic family, and he was a member of a Provisional IRA active service unit in Belfast until his arrest in late 1972. In March 1975, he escaped from the Newry Courthouse, but he was rearrested in 1977 and sentenced to ten years in prison. In September 1983, he arranged for a prison break that led to 83 Irish republicans being freed from their jail cells in Maze Prison, but he did not escape, knowing that his release date was coming up. In November 1985, he was released from prison, and he returned to Ardoyne, Belfast. On 2 April 1987, two Ulster Volunteer Force members knocked on his door, and Marley arrived at the door to open it. The UVF members shot him repeatedly through the door, using pistols, and Marley died ninety minutes later in the hospital, leaving behind four sons. His death was revenge for the murder of UVF member John Bingham.